Gerrit Lansing was Chief Digital Officer at the RNC from June 2015 to December 2017 before becoming the White House Chief Digital Officer in January, 2017. Prior to that he was Digital Director at the National Republican Congressional Committee from 2012 through 2014.

He cofounded Revv, an online payments platform for campaigns and causes, in 2014.

Lansing has previously worked as the Press Secretary for the House Budget Committee under Congressman Paul Ryan (WI) and as New Media Director for Congressman Peter Roskam (IL).

He grew up in Lake Forest, north of Chicago and graduated from the University of the South in 2007 with a degree in Classical Languages.